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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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